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. 2021 Apr 19;26(6):612–615. doi: 10.1111/resp.14062

TABLE 1.

Summary data for the virtual ILD‐MDMs combined across the four centres

Summary data Four ILD centres combined
Total cases discussed n 456
Number of virtual MDMs n 72
Median number of cases per MDM n (IQR) 6 (5–7)
Number of internal cases n (%) 245 (53.7)
Number of external cases n (%) 211 (46.3)
Median number of attendees per MDM n (IQR) 20 (15–22)
Total number of ILD specialist nurses in attendance n 11
Total number of training doctors in attendance n 36
Diagnoses
IPF n (%) 153 (34.5)
CTD‐ILD n (%) 57 (12.8)
HP n (%) 39 (8.5)
Idiopathic NSIP n (%) 13 (2.8)
Unclassifiable n (%) 74 (16.2)
No ILD n (%) 16 (3.5)
Other n (%) 104 (22.8)

Abbreviations: CTD, connective tissue disease; HP, hypersensitivity pneumonitis; ILD, interstitial lung disease; IPF, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; IQR, interquartile range; MDM, multidisciplinary meeting; NSIP, non‐specific interstitial pneumonia.